Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
First Sale of the Day
Bulgarian translation:
сефте
English term
First Sale of the Day
I don't know about Bulgaria, but this is a very important concept for shopkeepers in Turkey and even, to an extent, in Greece: Turkish has “siftah” and Greek has “σεφτές seftes”; the source of these words is Arabic استفتاح istiftaaH, start/beginning (I think this particular form emphasises the wish or desire to begin, but I'm no expert on Arabic). Or at least that's what my etymological dictionaries tell me.
Do you have such a word in Bulgarian? If not, how do you express such a concept?
All the best,
Simon
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Atanas Dakov
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Sep 16, 2009 07:08: Atanas Dakov Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Bulgaria
Translation competence matters!
Native in: Bulgarian 
Works in: English to Bulgarian, German to Bulgarian, Bulgarian to English, and 4 more.
сефте
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-09-12 12:38:44 GMT)
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An example:
Направих севтето - I made my first sale for the day.
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-09-12 12:40:16 GMT)
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Направих сеФтето :)
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